Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities

Access and Dignity Displaced: Women, Children, Adolescents, and Disability in Humanitarian Emergencies, Concept note for side event to 10th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, New York, 13-15 June 2017 [text]

“Current Situation and Challenges Regarding the Social Participation of Syrian Refugees with Disabilities in Urban Areas of Jordan,” Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy, vol. 13, no. 1 (2017) [full-text]

Disability, Development, and Humanitarianism (ICRC Cross-files Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

"Disability in Refugee Populations," Chapter one in The Legal Protection of Refugees with Disabilities: Forgotten and Invisible? (Edward Elgar, 2017) [full-text via SSRN]
- See also related Language on the Move comment.

Disability Inclusion in Disaster Risk Management: Promising Practices and Opportunities for Enhanced Engagement (World Bank & GFDRR, Oct. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Doubly Jeopardized: Provoking Discussion for Visibility of EU’s Refugees with Disabilities," Refugee Review, vol. III (Fall 2017) [open access]

Inclusion in Humanitarian Action (Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund Deutschland, 2017) [text via PreventionWeb]

Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Global Refugee Compact (RIDS & AIFO, Nov. 2017) [text]

Intersection of Individuals with Disabilities and Refugee Status (Human Rights Brief, Nov. 2017) [text]

Persons with Disabilities on the Move: The Rights of Refugees and Migrants with Disabilities, Side event to 10th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, New York, 13-15 June 2017 [info]
- "A set of recommendations was produced as a result of the discussion, to give a tool to advocate towards the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact on Migrants."

Task Team on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: Multi-stakeholder Workshop, Geneva, 2-3 Oct. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for concept note. The final report of the workshop is here.

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (5 Sept. 2017)

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